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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 141
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David pleads with the Lord to hear his prayers—The reproof of the righteous is a kindness.
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<center><span class='small'>A PSALM OF DAVID.</span></center>
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Lord,</span> I cry unto thee: make <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/141/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 70: 5.">haste</a> unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
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Let my <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/141/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 5: 8 (1-10).">prayer</a> be set forth before thee <i>as</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/141/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 30: 7; Ex. 37: 29.">incense</a>; <i>and</i> the lifting up of my hands <i>as</i> the <sup>c</sup><a href="ps/141/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 29: 41 (38-42).">evening</a> sacrifice.
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Set a watch, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, before my <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/141/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 39: 1.">mouth</a>; keep the door of my lips.
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Incline not my heart to <i>any</i> evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="ps/141/5a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Ps. 141: 5 When the righteous smite me with the word of the Lord it is a kindness; and when they reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, and shall not destroy my faith; for yet my prayer also shall be for them. I delight not in their calamities.">Let</a> the righteous <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/141/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Prov. 27: 6.">smite</a> me; <i>it shall be</i> a <sup>c</sup><a href="ps/141/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 9: 8.">kindness</a>: and let him reprove me; <i>it shall be</i> an excellent oil, <i>which </i>shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also <i>shall be</i> in their calamities.
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When their judges are overthrown in stony places, <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/141/6a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE the righteous.">they</a> shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
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Our <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/141/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 6: 5.">bones</a> are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth <i>wood</i> upon the earth.
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But mine <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/141/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 25: 15; D&C 4: 5.">eyes</a> <i>are</i> unto thee, O <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
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Keep me from the snares <i>which</i> they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
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